The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-05
runouGn TIE STATE.
Accidents md lncldents In West Virginia
.. .. $751; and Vicinity,


A push.boat with cargo valued q,
5000 was lost in Elk river u few days $50.
Eastern capitalists have leased 10000
acres Of coal land In Monongalia, paying
from $40 to $40 per acre.
AT Mills Greek, Cumberland, recently,
oil we'll drillers came upon black walnut
log at a depth Of 500 feet. .....
The town Of Cambridge, Ohio, Ia to be
illuminated by $50 Edison incandescent
lights, for which the city is TO pay 1880 a
This is but sl7.6G year for each light.
William Marsh, a Mason county inhsbI.
tant, aged about 90, has been arrested and
placed In jail on a charge OF criminal as.
salt on his daughter, married woman.
The Council OF Charleaton has directed
that its police force DO increaaed 100 per
cent. II will now consist Of four mem.
bers. Since becoming the Capital City,
Charleston is putting on style.
The Warren Gas aud Oil Company OF
Barnesville, with capital stock OF 5000,
has been granted charter by the Score.
tary OF State Of Ohio. This company pro.
poses to put down test well at Barnes.
vile. liz II. To- : I.
General R. s. Northcott, Of Clarksburp,
has been appointed an aid-de.cainp on tho
National staff Of General Lucius Fairchild,
Commander-in.Chief Of the National En-.
campment Of the Grand Army OF the Re.
public. -
]: @. springston, Of Roane county, bet.
ter known there as "Uncle Jimmy" was
instantly killed while hauling wood by
being struck down by a heavy limb. He
was among the early settlers in that part
Of the State.
The community Of Shepherdstown was
greatly shocked last week by the sudden
death Of ayoung married woman named
Mrs. ]. J. Funk. Shs WAS assisting in
preparing for the funeral Of friend,
when without word she fell dead.
David Smith is the name OF nsu re-.
Gently arrested by the Sheriff OF Hamp.
shire county on reputation granted by
Governor Wilson. He is charged with
burning two wheat ricks and a thseshiny
machine in Fulton county, Pa, recently.
The hurricane tina. recently ragged oyer
jackson county, blew live Goals from a
charcoal pit in the interior Of the county
into valuable lot Of lumber, which was
destroyed, including abou. 700 rails. Over
twenty hayssacks in the county were
blown over.
Pat Murphy, who stole bible from the
church at sand Hill, Mason county, was
arrested at Letart by Constable Boston,
Murphy showed fight and shot at the
officer, who returned the fire. Some
thirty shots were fired, but Murphy was
finally captured and landed in jail.
Zachariah Spence, alias Henry Saylers,
shot and killed man named Grayman III
tayette county lew days since. Spence
was arrested. It is reported that the
shooting WAS the outcome OF a quarrel
they became involved in over a woman
who was the reputed wits OF Spence.
Hon. Spencer W. Sturn, OF Marion
county, one OF the leading Greenbackers
Of the State, writes long letter to tho
Stdte Standard, urging the election OF Mr..
Camden at the special session OF the Legs.
lature. He ssys it is to the interest OF the
State to have Mr.. Camden in the Senate,
Saturday night while Henry P. Mohler
and his wife, OF Anderson, were at the
house OF neighbor, Newton Allen, talk.
ingto Mira. Allen, that Allen stepped into
the room and struck Mohler terrific blow
over the head with handspaIe, knocking
him senaeless, and hut for the women be
would have killed Mohler.
The case OF Gordon Mullins va. A, J,
Robinson, now before the Circuit Court
0! hanawha county, is an unusually large
one. 1t is 3 suit Tor $4,000 damaves for
Islander. About q year ago Robinson lost
barn by incend:srism. lie sccusea Mul.
Inns Of hiring one Charles Peyton to burn
it. Mrilins, upon this statement, brought
the SANDER quit.
As some young men OF Ceredo we're
stFolllng along the banks Of the Ohio near
their town, they discovered protruding
from the bank the decayed remains OF two
wooden boxes, which had once contained
the bodies Of human beings, skeletons Of
which could plainly be seen. The gradu.
al waahing away Of the bank by high
water Of recent years, caueed the once &C.
curely buried re,naius to become visible.
Old settles say they arc those OF persons
who died OF cholera many years ago, and
wero taken oti passing steamer and in.
tered.